Amateur John Dibella Wins 2012 PCA Main Event

The 2012 PCA (Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure) main event was filled with professionals, but in the end it was an amateur from New York who ended up taking down the tournament.

John Dibella, a 43-year-old daytrader from New York, outlasted 1,071 other entrants to take down the biggest score of his career. Dibella ended up taking home $1,775,000 after agreeing to a deal with Kyle Julius during heads-up play.

According to Pokerstars, Dibella qualified for the main event through a $1,000 live satellite. Dibella ended up parlaying this seat into nearly $2 million.

The final hand of the tournament came when Kyle Julius' attempted bluff ran into Dibella's rivered flush. With the board reading Ac-Qh-3c-8d-Tc, Julius pushed all of his chips into the middle following a 1 million chip bet from Dibella. Dibella called, and the two players turned up: